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Shake Rattle and Roll

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R120.00

120.00

Shake Rattle and Roll

item code: ADV-TO-86440

All prices are local VAT inclusive.

This wonderful baby's toy does everything its name says and much more! When shaking it, your child will be able to listen to the sounds it makes and hear how different it sounds to the swish of the beads when it is rolled. There is a star shape on the one end that, when pushed, it makes a squeaking sound for added listening experiences. Wonderful bright colours provide visual stimulation and there is even a mirror on one end for added visual fun. The special shape of this toy is designed so that small hands can easily grasp, hold, release and play with it while developing their fine motor skills in a fun and stimulating way.

This product can assist in developing the following key skills...

This product helps to develop Sensory Skills which are key building blocks in a child’s development and influence every activity that a child does. Opportunities to engage in sensory activities help a child’s brain to process all the information it is receiving from their senses, and respond in an appropriate way. Our senses include: smell (olfactory); taste (gustatory); sound (auditory); touch (tactile); seeing (visual); movement (vestibular) and joint position / deep pressure (proprioception).

Children develop sensory skills as early as in utero and continue to refine these skills well into their childhood years. Exploration and exposure to a variety of different sensations and sensory experiences is very important for a person’s overall development.

This product can help develop Gross Motor Skills by improving co-ordination and muscle strength to assist a child with gross motor tasks such as walking, running, jumping and climbing. The large muscles of our bodies in our arms (biceps and triceps) and legs (hamstrings and quadriceps) are responsible for helping us perform these actions successfully, and therefore these muscles need to be strong. An important factor in developing gross motor skills is good postural control. A strong and stable core (stomach and back muscles) helps one achieve successful movement of the limbs.

Gross motor skills begin developing from a very early age and continue to develop all through childhood, culminating in a person being able to ride a bike without training wheels and swing themselves independently on a swing.

This product can develop a child’s Fine Motor Skills by improving the strength and co-ordination of small muscle groups to achieve a task. The small muscles around the mouth (lips, tongue etc.) are important for speech and eating, and those in a child’s hands help them to perform different grips such as tripod (the correct pencil grip) and pincer (thumb and index finger grip) to achieve tasks. Fine motor skills of the hand develop fully later on in childhood, but start with full, open hand grasping of toys as babies and culminate in a perfect tripod pencil grip when they are writing neatly at school.

Finally, scissor skills are also important fine motor skills that require the co-ordination of fingers on one hand to open and close the scissors while the other hand holds the material being cut. Using both hands together in this way to achieve a task is known as bilateral-coordination.

This product helps children develop their independence by focussing on aspects of Self Care. Getting dressed in the morning and doing up zips, buttons and laces requires good gross and fine motor skills. Brushing teeth and hair as well as toileting skills all require good body and self awareness which is promoted by encouraging self care skills.

Learning to feed oneself using cutlery (spoon, knife and fork) is a large step towards finding independence. In order to assist children to become independent, self confident little people, developing self care skills are very important.

This product can assist in developing a child’s Perceptual Skills which determine how a child’s brain receives, organises and interprets what they are seeing (visual sensory information). Perceptual skills are the ones we use for activities such as completing a puzzle and writing, as well as understanding concepts such as colour, size and number recognition.

More complex concepts such as knowing one’s left from right side of their body (right-left discrimination), being able to recognise complete objects from incomplete ones (visual closure) and remembering visual stimuli over a short and long term period (visual memory), all fall under the category of perceptual skills.

This product can facilitate the development of Cognitive Skills which include how a child’s brain develops, stores, recalls and reacts to their environment. Concentration, attention and listening skills all impact on a child’s cognitive and learning ability, and this product encourages children to develop those key areas.

Problem solving, memory skills and sequencing (the order in which things happen) of tasks are very important cognitive skills to develop as a child grows up.

This product can help develop positive Social and Emotional Skills which are very important to a child’s overall wellbeing. Social skills include listening to instructions and taking turns when interacting with peers and adults.

Emotions are very real for children, and being encouraged to explore and express those in a positive and acceptable way should always be encouraged.

Positive social and emotional experiences through solitary play (i.e. the ability to play alone) as well as group play and interactions with other peers and adults all contribute towards building a healthy self confidence and esteem in children.

Social skills - early turn taking skills can be facilitated by rolling the rattle to the child and encouraging them to roll it back to the adult. This game can be played during tummy time

Colours and shapes - basic colours and shapes can be pointed out to the child using this rattle

Song time - encouraging the child to shake the rattle whilst an adult is singing to them or they are listening to children's music is a fun way for the child to 'make their own music' and learn that different movements of the rattle produce different sounds

Most orders take 3-5 days to deliver and are dependent on where we are delivering to. Outlying areas can take longer than city centres. Please allow up to 10 working days for delivery.

For more information about how delivery works please read our delivery options page.

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